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The Boursot Background

It would be hard to find many other families that had, for so long, been associated continuously with wine. In the 16th century a Boursot who lived at Dijon owned vineyards nearby at Chambolle-Musigny and since that day the family has owned vineyards there, making wine in this famous village in the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy.

In addition, in 1828 the Boursots introduced Perrier-Jouët, the prestigious Grande Marque Champagne, to the UK and this continued to be handled by the family for 130 years. The Boursots sold 75% of Perrier-Jouët's annual production of one million bottles: an enormous volume in England even by today's standards, and Perrier-Jouët was found in all the best establishments and gained several Royal Warrants. The Wine & Spirit Trade Review said in 1935 that "Perrier-Jouët has attained world wide repute but it was England which gave it the first impetus and laid the foundations of its wider success".

Adolphe Boursot 1804 - 1871

The Boursot business became the most successful champagne importer of its day. Among other "firsts" attributed to the Boursot/Perrier-Jouët association was that in around 1868 it made the experiment of shipping dry champagne to London and thereby started a fashion that the whole world has since adopted. The current generation is represented by Guy Boursot who worked for 17 years at the world famous Berry Bros & Rudd Ltd of Saint James's in London, both buying and selling wines but left them in order to rekindle his family's old wine business which he then ran for 11 years as a wine wholesaler in and around London. Since 2001 he has been based in northern France, from where he can easily access the vineyards of Europe or talk to audiences wherever they may be. English is his first language but he does also speak French.

Guy Boursot

Guy is a member of the Worshipful Company of Vintners as well as a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, and he writes articles for magazines and websites. Over the last 30 years, he has also given well in excess of 1,000 talks - mostly on wine and he has also appeared on both radio and television.

In short, Guy comes from a long family line in wine and has some great stories and experiences to share. With you!

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